Clinical
Our clinical nursing articles aim to inform and educate nurse practitioners and students. This is achieved through the publication of peer-reviewed, evidence-based, relevant and topical articles.
Does use of the LUCAS device improve mortality in adult patients with out-of-hospital...
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a common occurrence in the UK, with 60,000 cases...
Compassion in emergency departments. Part 2: barriers to the provision of compassionate...
In the second part of this three-part series, David Hunter and colleagues discuss the...
An exploration of the reasons why people attend but do not wait to be seen in emergency...
Aim The aim of the study was to explore the reasons why people do not always wait to receive...
Compassion in emergency departments. Part 1: nursing students’ perspectives
Compassion is a topical issue in clinical nursing practice, nurse education and policy, but...
Should nurses be trained to use ultrasound for intravenous access to patients with...
Peripheral venous access is the most common invasive procedure performed on patients in the...
Electrocardiograms: a guide to rhythm recognition for emergency nurses
Electrocardiogram (ECG) is one of the most commonly performed investigations in emergency...
Hair toe tourniquets: a review of two case studies
Digit hair tourniquets are relatively uncommon. There are reports in the literature of hair...
Nurses’ attitudes to supporting people who are suicidal in emergency departments
The aim of this study is to determine emergency nurses’ knowledge about, and perceived...
Recognition and nursing management of children with non-traumatic limp
Children with acute onset non-traumatic limp often present to emergency departments (EDs)...
Prudent healthcare in emergency departments: a case study in Wales
To deliver a patient-centred service, emergency departments (EDs) must be efficient,...
Advanced nurse practitioner scheduled return clinic: a clinical audit of a quality...
Emergency care settings in Ireland have struggled with a high volume of service users in...
Accidents and ethics: a visual-narrative approach
Emergency department (ED) attendances are continuing to rise, and medical and nursing teams...